hmmm Interesting, my only concern with forking a few hundred quid out for one of ebay is that you dont know its not buggered...?
anyone know where I can find my gearbox code, or what it is for my 54 plate TDI?
also, anyone know what the book time is for a change over?
I dont want much
It does not really matter.
If you buy through Ebay, most are from breakers yards. As part of Ebay you would be covered.
When I was in the position a in April, a gearbox was around £500 delivered. In the end I just went for the cheapest one and it was fine.
Normally in the TDI boxes (is yours a 1.9 or a 2.0?) the rivets let go that hold the diff in place and spit out through the casing.
In my case I had a pinion gear let go, no doubt caused by 365lb ft of torque being unleashed 10+ times in a row on the drag strip.
Anyway, 6 speed 2.0 TDI boxes are cheaper, weirdly.
If you have a 1.9 TDI then there are about 15 different gearbox codes, all of which would fit. Your gearbox code is on your gearbox, unsurpsingly? There is a little tab which has it etched on..
If it's a 5 speed it would PROBABLY (depending on year) be a GQQ or if it's a 1.9 6 speed, well I'm not sure, but I know the 6 speed Touran box (which does fit) is a GQN. But any gearbox code will fit as long as it's for the right vehicle.
The 5 speed boxes have better ratios for power IMO. I think the Golf 1.9 - 6 speed box is slightly longer gearing than the 6 speed from the Touran. But now I'm probably just confusing you.
Book time is about 5 hours
My gearbox was on and off my old car more often than a hooker on STI medication. Box had come out probably 5 or 6 times over the course of my ownership.
We did a clutch change (gearbox off, pressure plates undone and flywheel out, so slightly longer than a straight box swap) in 2 hours before.
Never has it taken more than 3 and a half, and that's going slowly dossing around.